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Photo Proof Tacoma Looks Damn Good at Night

After the sun sets, and long after most of us are resting at home, photographer Danny Crelling is out on the streets. In part, because that's the time he can eke out away from his day job and three young children, and in part because Tacoma by night is really fucking beautiful. Read More

Here’s What Tacoma Looks Like to the Students of Mt. Tahoma High School

Tacoma has a population of roughly 200,000. That means roughly 200,000 different opinions of what this city actually looks like and the view of a high school student is unique among those. Read More

Tacoma As a Stage: Yogini Lauren Scolari

Browse through Instagram pics of Tacoma and you might just find Lauren Scolari in an impossible pose on Owen Beach. Read More

Chalk Art, McKinley Hill, & a Little Known Genetic Disorder

Head over to Top of Tacoma and just outside you'll find a message of love. Read More

Washington, Oregon, and Canada Walked Into a Bar. Things Got Hairy.

Hit up The Airport Tavern on South Tacoma Way on any given night and you're likely to spot a beard or two. Happen by when the Grit City Society of Beards (Grit City SOBS) is putting on a competition and you're in for a show. Read More

Long Time Tacoman, Bob Piatt, Remembers Tacoma of the 1940s

Tacoma has museums, photo archives at the library, and many websites dedicated to preserving its history. However, a truly invaluable way of learning about the history of a city you love is talking to someone who actually lived it. Read More

Here’s What Mayor Woodards Has Been up to Since November

When I walked into Victoria Woodards’ office on her 61st day on the job, she looked up sheepishly from her sandwich. She asked if I minded if she finished her lunch. I said no, and as she thanked me, she checked her phone, the back of which read in gold letters, “Glitter is my favorite color.” Read More

Grit City Fights for Beard Champion Title Versus Oregon, The World

Spend any longer than a few minutes with the guys from the Grit City Society Of Beards and you're bound to learn a thing or two about beards. They're passionate dudes, full of knowledge on mutton chops, whalers, whiskerinas and beyond. Read More

A Rare Look Inside the Coolest Vacant Tacoma Building You’ve Never Noticed

Sitting a block down from one of Tacoma’s busiest intersections at Sprague and 7th Ave. sits a 105 year old building that, for the last decade, has sat vacant and largely ignored by passersby. Read More

Metro Parks Tacoma Helps Blind Athletes Hit Goals

Tacoma Metro Parks’ Goal Ball team competed in their first Division 1 tournament last month in Vancouver, WA. Goalball is a sport for the blind or visually impaired, and the Division 1 is the upper level of US Goalball competition. Read More

Local Artist Paints Portraits of Tacoma’s Refugees

For Jonathan Hanks, art isn’t just about beauty—it’s about representation. The Tacoma native, who has been making art for years, is taking his UWT social work degree and putting it to good use. Read More

5 Hand-Picked Tacoma Podcast Episodes To Give a Listen To

Think of this as your handy guide to getting started in the Tacoma podcast scene. Rather than direct you to pages all willy nilly, we've asked podcast network Channel 253 to curate not only a list of great podcasts, but the very best episodes they've heard from each. Read More

The Clever Tacoma Mall Design You May Have Missed

Everything You Never Needed to Know About 4th of July in Tacoma History

Convictions and Consequences: Why We Broke Up With Our Printer

110 Years Later, You’ll Still Like Tacoma

Say Goodbye to the Star Lite

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